Ewer

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Ewer

Iran, Kashan, late 12th century - early 13th century
Ceramics
Fritware, inglaze- and overglaze-painted (mina'i)
13 × 11 1/2 in. (33.02 × 29.21 cm)
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2002.1.7)
Currently on public view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1 MAP IT
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1

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Curator Notes

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During the second half of the twelfth century, a new type of luxury ceramic was introduced in Iran, which modern scholars refer to as mina'i (from the Persian word for enamel). The polychrome surfaces of these wares—notable for their lively, colorful figural decoration—were produced through a costly and complicated double firing process similar to the luster painting technique, and in fact both types of wares are attributable to Kashan, where they may have been made by some of the same potters, in the same workshops. Unlike luster, mina'i ware was not produced after the thirteenth century, although it remains one of the best-known and most attractive types of medieval Iranian ceramics, as, for example, this large, elegant ewer.
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Bibliography

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  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
  • Komaroff, Linda, editor. Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2023.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
  • Komaroff, Linda.  Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Los Angeles:  Museum Associates, 2005.
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